[syslinux] help configuring netboot over remote serial terminal

[Kevin Korb]

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If it is using COM3 shouldn't that be ttyS2 ?

On 10/01/12 14:52, Miles Fidelman wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> I'm trying to install Debian onto a headless server (Supermicro 
> X8SIE-LN4F motherboard).  The on-board IPMI BMC redirects the
> serial port to COM3, and I can talk to it just fine over a remote
> console connection.
> 
> I've been trying to install Debian remotely, and have the DHCP and
> TFTP servers working, and things seem to work (at least into the
> Splash screen) if I'm using a remote KVM terminal.
> 
> But... I can't seem to get remote serial working.
> 
> Currently, I've modified the following files to reac:
> 
> ------- tftp/debian-installer/amd64/boot-screens/syslinux.cfg 
> SERIAL 0 115200
> 
> tftp/debian-installer/amd64/boot-screens/txt.cfg append vga=788
> initrd=debian-installer/amd64/initrd.gz -- console=ttyS0, 115200n8
> earlyprint=serial,ttyS0,115200n8
> 
> tftp/debian-installer/amd64/pxelinux.cfg/default SERIAL 0 115200 
> ------
> 
> things get as far as displaying (on the remote serial console): 
> loading debian-installer/amd64/initrd.gz which then disappears, and
> the cursor moves several lines down the screen
> 
> then everything hangs
> 
> of note, if I try to put console 0 as the second line of
> pxelinux.cfg/default, then I hang earlier, with the message: 
> PXELINUX 4.02 debian-20101014  Copyright (C) 1994-2010 H. Peter
> Anvin et al !PXE entry point found (we hope) at 9A4B:0106 via plan
> A UNDI code segment at 9A4B len 44B0 UNDI data segment at 9412 len
> 6390 Getting cached packet  01 02 03 My IP address seems to be
> CF9A3B89 207.154.59.137 
> ip=207.154.59.137:207.154.59.135:0.0.0.0:255.255.255.224 
> BOOTIF=01-00-25-90-39-71-1c 
> SYSUUID=534d4349-0002-3990-2500-399025001f71 TFTP prefix: Trying to
> load: pxelinux.cfg/default ok
> 
> 
> Any thoughts on what I might be doing wrong?  Or at least some
> guidance as to which config file might need tweaking (I'm not quite
> sure which order these are getting executed in, or at what steps of
> the boot process.)
> 
> Thanks very much,
> 
> Miles Fidelman
> 
> 
> 

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